Scopri i verbi al past simple in inglese, guarda i video con alcuni esempi di frasi, impara le regole grammaticali e fai pratica con gli esercizi a fine lezione!
Scarica le schede didattiche per esercitarti a coniugare i verbi al past simple, tra cui potrai trovare anche il verbo essere (TO BE) e il verbo avere (TO HAVE).
Come si forma il past simple?
Per definizione si prende la forma base del verbo e si aggiunge ED alla fine.
Quando si usa il past simple?
Si usa per parlare di cose successe o esistite prima di adesso.
Solitamente viene usato con parole come yesterday, ago e the other day.
Guarda i video con due velocità diverse della voce: una lenta e una più veloce.
Ascolta i dialoghi e scopri degli esempi di frasi con il past simple!
"WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY? I PLAYED TENNIS.
WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER THAT? I STUDIED GEOGRAPHY.
WERE YOU TIRED? YES, I WAS. BUT I LIKE GEOGRAPHY!
LAST YEAR I TRAVELLED TO MEXICO AND I DIDN’T GET LOST."
Per comporre la forma affermativa del past simple bisogna aggiungere ED alla forma base del verbo:
Fai attenzione!
Se un verbo termina per E si aggiunge solamente la D:
Se un verbo termina per consonante + Y, Y diventa I e si aggiunge ED:
Se un verbo termina con una vocale seguita da una consonante, si raddoppia la consonante e si aggiunge ED:
Scarica qui la scheda didattica per fare pratica con i verbi al past simple!
Per comporre la forma negativa del past simple si usa DID seguito da NOT. La struttura è PRONOME PERSONALE (PERSONAL PRONOUN) + DID NOT/DIDN'T + VERBO alla forma base (VERB).
| Forma estesa | Forma contratta |
| I DID NOT PLAY | I DIDN'T PLAY |
| YOU DID NOT PLAY | YOU DIDN'T PLAY |
| HE/SHE/IT DID NOT PLAY | HE/SHE/IT DIDN'T PLAY |
| WE DID NOT PLAY | WE DIDN'T PLAY |
| YOU DID NOT PLAY | YOU DIDN'T PLAY |
| THEY DID NOT PLAY | THEY DIDN'T PLAY |
Scarica la scheda stampabile qui per esercitarti con la forma negativa del past simple!
Per porre domande al past simple si usa DID. Segui questa struttura: DID + PRONOME PERSONALE (PERSONAL PRONOUN) + VERBO alla forma base (VERB).
| DID | PRONOME PERSONALE | VERBO |
| DID | I | PLAY ? |
| DID | YOU | PLAY ? |
| DID | HE/SHE/IT | PLAY ? |
| DID | WE | PLAY ? |
| DID | YOU | PLAY ? |
| DID | THEY | PLAY ? |
Scarica la scheda didattica qui e fai pratica con la forma interrogativa al past simple!
Il verbo TO BE è irregolare al past simple. Guarda la tabella con le coniugazioni:
| Forma affermativa | Forma negativa | Forma interrogativa |
| I WAS | I WAS NOT | I WASN'T | WAS I ? |
| YOU WERE | YOU WERE NOT | YOU WEREN'T | WERE YOU ? |
| HE/SHE/IT WAS | HE/SHE/IT WAS NOT | HE/SHE/IT WASN'T | WAS HE/SHE/IT ? |
| WE WERE | WE WERE NOT | WE WEREN'T | WERE WE ? |
| YOU WERE | YOU WERE NOT | YOU WEREN'T | WERE YOU ? |
| THEY WERE | THEY WERE NOT | THEY WEREN'T | WERE THEY ? |
Scarica la scheda didattica qui e prova a riscrivere il verbo TO BE al past simple.
Anche il verbo TO HAVE è irregolare. Impara le coniugazioni guardando la tabella:
| Forma affermativa | Forma negativa | Forma interrogativa |
| I HAD | I HAD NOT | I HADN'T | HAD I ? |
| YOU HAD | YOU HAD NOT | YOU HADN'T | HAD YOU ? |
| HE/SHE/IT HAD | HE/SHE/IT HAD NOT | HE/SHE/IT HADN'T | HAD HE/SHE/IT ? |
| WE HAD | WE HAD NOT | WE HADN'T | HAD WE ? |
| YOU HAD | YOU HAD NOT | YOU HADN'T | HAD YOU ? |
| THEY HAD | THEY HAD NOT | THEY HADN'T | HAD THEY ? |
Scarica la scheda didattica e prova a riscrivere le 3 forme del verbo TO HAVE al past simple:
